Louis Cools-Lartigue

Sir Louis Cools-Lartigue, OBE (18 January 1905 – 21 August 1993^[1]) was a Dominican politician.

Sir Louis Cools-Lartigue OBE
President of Dominica (acting)
In office 3 November 1978 – 16 January 1979
Prime Minister	Patrick Roland John
Succeeded by	Fred Degazon
Speaker of the House of Assembly of Dominica
In office March 1967 – 1968
Premier	Edward Oliver LeBlanc
Preceded by	Himself as speaker of the Legislative Council
Succeeded by	George Austin Winston
Personal details
Born	Louis Cools-Lartigue (1905-01-18)18 January 1905
Died	21 August 1993(1993-08-21) (aged 88)

Biography

Until 1955, Cools-Lartigue was the Chief Secretary of the Windward Islands, when on 9 May he was issued a Commission by George F. Holsten appointing him to the position of Governor's Deputy.^[2]

From November 1967 to 3 November 1978, Cools-Lartigue was the last Governor of Dominica.^[3][4] He was then elected Interim President and served as such from 3 November 1978 to 19 January 1979,^[3] until Fred Degazon was elected President of Dominica. During a constitutional crisis stirred by the desire for democratic socialist reforms, Degazon fled to England on 10 June 1979 and Cools-Lartigue was elected by the House of Assembly as his replacement on 15 June 1979.^[5] Cools-Lartigue resigned as President either the following day under family pressure,^[6] or due to rioters attacking his house on 17 June 1979.^[7] He was replaced as President of Dominica by Jenner Armour.

References

1. Caribbean Council for Europe, West India Committee (1992). Who Was Who; also Caribbean Insight. Vol. 15–16. Goodyear Gibbs (Caribbean). p. 162.
2. "Government Notices, No. 150". Grenada Government Gazette. 73 (29). Saint George's. 9 May 1955. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
3. "Officers Administering the Government of Dominica". Office of the President. Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
4. Quain, Anthony J., ed. (2001). The Political Reference Almanac (2001-2002 ed.). Arlington, Va.: PoliSci Books. p. 896.
5. "His Excellency Frederick Degazon". Office of the President. Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
6. Honychurch, Lennox (1995). The Dominica Story: A History of the Island. Macmillan. p. 267. ISBN 9780333627761.
7. Hunt, David, ed. (1980). The Times Yearbook of World Affairs, 1979/80. Times Books. p. 81. ISBN 9780723002369.

Preceded by Himself as last Governor of Dominica	President of Dominica 1979	Succeeded by Fred Degazon